# Fatal NTSB investigations: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB WPR17FA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17FA105.md): Socata TB 20 Trinidad · Sierraville, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 17, 2017 · N28070 · Destroyed
  > The pilot's decision to continue visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into mountainous terrain.
- [NTSB WPR10LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA259.md): Socata TB-20 · Happy Camp, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · May 22, 2010 · N3041Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inadequate preflight planning and decision to continue to operate under visual flight rules into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an encounter with an embedded thunderstorm and rain showers and moderate to severe turbulence,…
- [NTSB CHI08LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA272.md): Socata TB-20 Trinidad · Cassville, WI · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 3, 2008 · N597TB · Substantial damage
  > The left seat pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a go-around and the inadvertent in-flight opening of the cabin door for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the distraction of the door opening.
- [NTSB CHI07FA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07FA279.md): Socata TB-20 Trinidad · Pointe Aux Pins, MI · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 24, 2007 · N96DF · Substantial damage
  > Undetermined.
- [NTSB DFW07FA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07FA149.md): Socata TB-20 · Groesbeck, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 6, 2007 · N2801W · Destroyed
  > The pilot's loss of control due to spatial disorientation. Contributing factors were the pilot's perceived need to fly to home station and his lack of flight experience in actual instrument meteorological conditions.
- [NTSB SEA06WA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06WA045.md): EADS Socata TB-20 Trinidad · Bourdeau, France · Accident · 4 fatal · Foreign investigation · Jan 16, 2006 · N250AG · Destroyed
- [NTSB MIA05FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05FA024.md): Socata TB 20 · Key West, FL · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 5, 2004 · N1905S · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control as a result of spatial disorientation. A related factor was the dark, night conditions.
- [NTSB NYC03FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03FA024.md): Socata TB-20 · Massena, NY · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 20, 2002 · N57TB · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in a stall. Factors in this accident were the icing conditions, deteriorated airplane performance due to ice accumulation, and control interference by the passenger as reported by the pilot.
- [NTSB FTW03FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03FA003.md): Socata TB-20 · Texarkana, AR · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 3, 2002 · N575RM · Destroyed
  > The inadvertamt stall by the student pilot, and the inadequate supervision by the flight instructor.
- [NTSB IAD01LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01LA100.md): Socata TB-20 · Amherst, NH · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 25, 2001 · N470SP · Destroyed
  > Suicide, when the pilot intentionally crashed his airplane into his house.
- [NTSB IAD98FA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98FA015.md): Socata TB-20 Trinidad · Roanoke, VA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 10, 1997 · N3041J · Destroyed
  > Loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A related factor was the low ceiling.
- [NTSB FTW97FA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97FA166.md): Socata TB-20 · Pagosa Springs, CO · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 23, 1997 · N20NK · Destroyed
  > inadvertent flight by the pilot into known adverse weather conditions, and his failure to maintain altitude or clearance from terrain. Factors relating to the accident were: low ceiling, rain, snow, icing conditions, and mountainous terrain.
- [NTSB MIA96FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96FA035.md): Aerospatiale TB-20 · Meridian, MS · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 6, 1995 · N33AS · Destroyed
  > the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed (VSO) while maneuvering during an ILS approach in instrument flight conditions. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's failure to follow the published approach procedure, his failure to maintain a proper…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."highestInjuryLevel" = 'Fatal'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('8680695'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?fatal=1&model=8680695

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